Cityscapes

17x24cm Oil on Birch.  A view toward The Bund and Huangpu River from the rooftop café of The Rockbund Museum

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I’ve always been fascinated with shapes created within cityscapes. The way light and shadow play off the buildings and interact with the sky. During my time as an art student in Philadelphia I would marvel at the distinct shapes formed between light and shadow and the severity of contrast that made the shadows seem as though they would swallow you and the light an ethereal transcendent highway. I was always keenly aware that the shadows contained objects of definition and detail. At the time, though, my limited skill with color did not allow me to communicate the effects and relationships of the elements at play around me.

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